FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

"Hey, Sam! 4 pm sounds pretty good! I got an idea to head out to a lake I know near the burger place we went to yesterday if that's alright with you. If you do agree, then you should probably wear something pretty warm, like a coat or gloves. If you don't, I can bring a scarf or something nice for you. Hope to hear from you soon!"

Oh yeah, I was going to meet up with Luke at the burger place today... Slowly pushing myself out of bed, I sit up and check my phone, it was almost half past 3 in the afternoon. Getting out of bed, I gradually and sleepily head out of my dusty, cluttered bedroom. I walk through my living room and into my kitchen before taking a look in my fridge. I forgot I didn't have any food, I really need to go out and buy food sometime but today is not that day.

"Hey, again, Luke. I may have run out of food and if it's alright with you for us to order takeout from the burger place? Sorry. Also, could you bring me a scarf and a coat? I don't own a scarf, and my only coat is a little torn and missing its hood. I hope this isn't too much to ask." I really hope he didn't find me weird or anything- Wait, why should he, it's just a coat, but what if he thinks I'm violent or something if he thinks it happened in a fight? My thoughts are quickly interrupted by another phone notification.

"That's alright, Sam! I'll grab those on my way out, don't worry, I won't let my only friend be cold for our first hangout together. I'm gonna start heading out towards the burger place. Meet you there!" "Only friend"? To be honest, for someone who was as friendly as him, I would've assumed he had his own group of friends. I hadn't thought about that until now. I guess I shouldn't have assumed that. I finally left my apartment, locking my door and heading out to the burger joint again. The near Winter weather was freezing, even over my soft fur, I hadn't taken a hoodie, or anything to keep me warm. As I'm nearing the burger place, I see the Zoroark I had met the day before waiting by the doors of the building, holding another neon pink coat and bright cyan scarf. He was wearing the same as he had over his arm; an adorable neon pink coat and a bright cyan scarf. I don't think he noticed me yet. I quickly take a look at myself, brush over the fur on my head with my paw and start heading towards him. As I'm walking over to him, he notices me before I say anything. He flashes a happy, open smile in my direction before waving over at me.

"Hey, Sam! It's nice to see you!" He says, with a warm smile and a slight blush in my way. "How have you been, dude?"

"H-Hey, Luke! Nice to see you too. I'm g-good. A little cold." I responded nervously, shivering from the cold as I wasn't really wearing anything.

"Oh yeah, I brought you these to wear." He hands me over the neon pink coat and cyan scarf, and I quickly try to put it on, messing up from trying to put it on so fast. The coat felt so snuggly to wear as if I had just put on an especially soft blanket. The scarf felt the same, fitting around my neck comfortably, it felt as if something had come up behind me and gently cuddled my neck from behind. I utterly loved these.

"Th-Thank you! I love these, thank you so much!" I catch myself, but all it did was make me panic, and I start being filled with anxiety, again. "O-Oh is this... Am I being weird to you? Sorry."

"Not at all. You not weird to me at all, don't worry. I'm really happy you like the clothes!" He answers, with a slight, but playful, cute laugh and soft smile.

My anxiety rushing back away with his reply. "Oh, that's... That's great. Thanks. I'm really glad. Do you want to get something to eat then?"

"Alright. I haven't really been to this place before beside yesterday to... talk to you and see if you were lonely." His face turning a slight red with him looking away in embarrassment, obviously trying to hide it.

Seeing him being embarrassed like this was admittedly pretty cute, making me blush a little back. "W-Well, alright then." I walk back into the burger joint once more with Luke travelling close behind me. I order a chicken burger like the day before and a medium-sized cup of cola. Luke hesitates on ordering for a moment before picking the same as me. As we wait for our food next to the counter, a waiter comes round with the two, small boxes containing our food and 2 cups for our drinks.

"You two have fun on your date!" The waiter says before leaving back behind the counter, leaving us both surprised and extremely embarrassed in the middle of the burger place.

"W-We're not dating..." I say quiet enough that only anyone directly next to me could hear it, like Luke. I mean, I know we're wearing the exact same with cosy cyan scarves and neon pink coats, ordering food together... Actually, it probably would look like we're dating which made me a lot more embarrassed than before.

"Sh-Should we go out to the lake n-now? He blurts out, looking straight forward with a really embarrassed expression and heavy blush.

"I-I think we should." I agreed, and we both headed towards the exit of the burger place, clutching our meals in our paws. The Zoroark took me through a path in between a forest a few roads down from the burger joint as we both tried to forget what happened a few minutes earlier. At the end of the path, there was an opening in the trees, surrounding a beautiful, glistening lake. The water was going in separate directions through other parts of the forest. There was nobody else around, it was only us here. "Th-This place is amazing! It's really relaxing and wonderful to look at. How didn't I ever find this place?"

He quickly answered with: "I found this place a couple weeks ago, there's never anyone around here. I usually sit here to relax and think to myself, it's really nice around here. I've just wanted to show this place to someone, even if I only met you yesterday, I've never been able to introduce myself to someone. You were the first person I saw alone in there, and you did actually look pretty interesting to talk to." He takes me over to near the edge of the lake, and we sit close to each other and take out our food as he stares across the lake. "I guess the reason I already feel really trusting of you is, as I said in that text to you, I haven't really had a friend before. Is it alright to call you my friend?"

I had no idea what to say so I went with what seemed easiest to say. "Y-Yeah... I'd be happy to call you my friend, Luke." Even though I've only known him since yesterday, I already felt really trusting towards him too. I'd never had someone open up to me with something like that and I was pretty happy I could be there for him. He seemed pretty confident when I first met him, but now, he completely lost his confident appearance and opened up a shell of adorable softness within him in such a short amount of time. It... It was actually pretty cute seeing him like this. Wait. Cute? Why do I find him cute? I mean, I think I thought it before, but I never took any notice to it. Admittedly, he did look pretty cute but, now isn't the time to think that. "I haven't really had any friends like this for years, I hardly went out and talked to people when I got my own apartment. Even before that I hardly knew anyone and kept to myself whenever I was around others. I-It's honestly really nice to have a friend like you." The words making me slightly embarrassed as I say them. "S-So, thanks for that."

"It's alright. It's really nice to have a friend like you too, Sam." He replies, looking back over at me with a really tender, warm and loving smile. I felt like if it was possible, his light blue eyes would be sparkling right now. "Should we start eating then?"

"Well, alright, my soft buddy." I take a bite out of my burger while looking out over the glistening lake before noticing that Luke hadn't actually taken a bite out of his food. In fact, he seemed to have just stopped moving and was holding his food in front of him. Acknowledging that fact, I look over to him to realise his face was a deep red and he was unmoving. "A-Are you alright!? Did I do something wrong?"

He still didn't move besides saying: "N-No, I just... I-I really wasn't expecting that."

"S-Sorry, I shouldn't have..." He quickly interrupts me and looks back at me.

"It's alright, don't worry. I... I like that nickname a lot, Sam." He looks back at the water and takes a bite out of his food, trying to hide the obvious blush in his face.

"I-I'm glad you do, Luke," I say, taking another bite out of my burger, noticing the blush the Zoroark was obviously trying to hide. "I didn't expect that kind of reaction from you."

"Well, I wasn't expecting you to say something like that, my fluffy, Lucario friend." His reply made me laugh and blush a little back. I hesitate for a moment before placing my paw on his head and just ruffle his long, red, soft hair and give him a gentle pat on the back happily before taking another bite. We each finished our food and drinks while looking over the lake, sometimes throwing stones in the lake for fun. We spoke for up to an hour after this, the longest conversation I've had in a long time.

"It's been really fun being here with someone, Sam. I've really enjoyed it, especially here with you. You're really nice to talk with and I liked today." He says happily and with a friendly expression on his face.

"Yeah, I think this is the most fun I've had with someone in a really long time. This has been great." I respond back. I really was happy, I'd never done anything like this in possibly several years, it had only been a day but I already really enjoyed his company and I was glad I met him. Even if I had a few anxious thoughts throughout, they disappeared every time he said anything or showed his warm smile. I felt happy and safe with him. I guess since I hadn't had any friends before this, he would already be my best friend, but from how I overall felt about him, if I had any other friends, I would consider him my favourite. Nobody had really been this friendly to me before and I enjoyed it.

"It's getting pretty late now, even though it may only be quarter to 6, you know it can get really dark quickly this late in the season." He says, looking a little tired. I was carried away in conversation, I never noticed how dark it'd gotten.

"Oh yeah, it really has gotten dark, hasn't it? I wasn't really paying attention. I'm guessing we should head back?" I respond, acknowledging that it was pretty much nearly pitch black outside.

"Alright, let's get back to the burger place. We might as well find a bin to put our food boxes and cups in." He answers, looking up at the dark sky. We head back towards the path and make our way towards the burger joint. Once we arrive at the burger joint he looks happily at me and I ask him what I've been wondering since we left the forest.

"Should I give you your coat and scarf back? I pretty much got used to the feeling of its comfort but now I remember I'm actually wearing it, it's feeling really soft again." I ask, clutching onto the scarf comfortably wrapped around my neck.

"It's alright, Sam. You can keep the coat and scarf, I don't want you going back home to your apartment in the cold and this was a spare I owned, I have no use for two coats and scarves anyway." He replies, as we walk and find a bin to put our food boxes and cups in.

"O-Oh, thanks! Like I said before, I didn't have a coat or a scarf to wear so this is pretty good for me to have during late Autumn. So, thanks again. I guess this would be goodbye then?" I say, a little disappointed as I really wanted to continue talking with him.

"I wouldn't mind walking you back to your apartment." He quickly offers, leaving me in relief and surprise.

"O-Oh, you really don't have to. I know it's getting dark and all..." I explain back, even though I wanted to walk back with him.

"It's alright, I'd be happy to walk you back. Don't worry about the dark." He replies without any hesitation. I was pretty glad about his answer.

"If you say so then. Thanks, I'm happy to have you keep me company on my way back." We make our way back to my apartment, he had to follow me, of course, since he didn't know where I lived. Once we make it back to the entrance of my apartment, I start to say my goodbyes to him. "Thank you, really, Luke. I-It's been really fun talking to you today. Honestly, there are so many things I want to thank you for."

"I'm really happy we could spend time together too, it was amazing finally being able to be in that place with someone else, especially someone as great as you." He says back, making me blush at his reply.

"S-Same to you too. I think I should get inside now, it's already past 6." I respond back to him, knowing that I didn't want to leave him but I knew I had to.

"Well, alright, Sam. It's been really fun today." He happily says back. "I have one more thing I want to do though."

Curiously, I ask: "What is it?" As soon as I finish speaking, he suddenly pulls me into a long and close hug. Luckily the soft coat stopped my chest spike from hurting him. I really wasn't expecting this so sudden. Hesitantly, I embrace him in my arms too, pulling him close to me. My face was pressed up against his comfy chest, even with the coat on, from him being taller than me by several inches. After what felt like forever, we let go of each other and I look back up the Zoroark to find him blushing heavily from the hug. It was pretty obvious that the whole experience left a pretty heavy and noticeable blush on my face too.

"There it is. I just wanted to do that to you as thanks for being a great friend to me today." He explains to me, happily.

"I-It's alright, Luke. I really hope we can do something again, tomorrow if that's alright with you." I say, the words barely even managing to escape from my mouth.

"Of course! I'd love to do something with you tomorrow, I could take you to the cinema that's nearby tomorrow if you'd like that." He offers to me.

"Then alright. We can do that tomorrow, I look forward to it." I answer, excitedly. "I think I better head in now, see you tomorrow, Luke. Have a safe journey home!"

"Thanks, and goodbye to you too. I will don't worry. See you tomorrow!" He says back with a quick wave and I wave back towards him as he leaves the apartment to make his way back to his house. After he's out of sight, I turn back into my apartment building and start making my way to my place. Eventually, I make it back to my apartment and unlock the door, entering the room as I take my new coat and scarf off, hanging them carefully in my wardrobe among all my other shirts and hoodies laid messily at the bottom, not even hung up. I make my way into my bed, sure, it was pretty early but I felt exhausted from what had happened and wanted to go to sleep. Admittedly, that wasn't the only reason I wanted to sleep early, I wanted to be able to meet up with Luke again the next day as soon as I could. Once I got settled in my bed, I started to doze off with thoughts and memories of Luke as I wondered what would happen in the following days. After a minute of pondering over it, I finally doze off into a comfortable sleep, feeling the happiest I'd felt in years.